Proverbs 7:19
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
21 With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
- KJV
- For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
- WEB
- For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.
- ASV
- For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:
- DARBY
- For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
- BLB
- For the husband is not in his house; he has gone far away on a road.
- ÅB
- For min mann er ikke hjemme, han er reist langt bort;
- OTB
- For min mann er borte; han har dratt på en lang reise.
- B1930
- For min mann er ikke hjemme, han er reist langt bort;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 20:11
On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
Read in contextLuke 12:45–46
But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
Read in contextMark 13:34–36
It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
Read in contextLuke 12:39
But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
Read in contextMatthew 24:48
But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
Read in contextMatthew 24:43
But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
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